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Across Ukraine, Museums are Scrambling as They Prepare for the Worst
With concerns about the safety of Ukraine’s cultural heritage at an all-time high in the midst of Russia’s ongoing military invasion, employees at the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv have...
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After Years of Stumbling, the Met Museum is Changing With the Times
In November, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art announced it received a gift of $125 million from longtime trustees Oscar L. Tang and Agnes Hsu‐Tang, the largest single donation in the...
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Museum Murals, Gallery Musings and Intimate Exhibitions to Check Out This Spring
New York weather is famously unpredictable between February and April (and actually, all the time), but as soon as the sun peeks through the clouds and the temperature begins to climb, all bets are...
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Ukrainian Vintage Resellers are Dodging Air Raids to Mail Customers Their Prada
Ukraine is renowned for its second-hand and vintage clothing markets, a national point of pride that developed as a byproduct of the country’s transition from a communist system to a market economy....
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Takesada Matsutani’s “Combine” Explores Process at Hauser & Wirth
In post-World War II Japan, members of the avant-garde Gutai Art Association believed materials had a life and personality of their own, just as much as the artists that used them, and often gave...
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The Met Selects Mexican Architect Frida Escobedo to Design Its New Wing
Frida Escobedo, a 42-year-old Mexican architect, will design the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s much-anticipated new wing for contemporary and modern art , the New York museum announced March 14, taking...
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The MoMA Stabber is Still At Large, and Posting Through It
Gary Cabana, the 60-year-old disgruntled art patron accused of terrifying visitors at the Museum of Modern Art on March 12 afternoon when he allegedly attacked and stabbed two 24-year-old museum...
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The Suspected MoMA Stabber Has Been Apprehended in Philadelphia
Gary Cabana, the man suspected by the New York Police Department of stabbing two young employees at the Museum of Modern Art March 12, was arrested early in the morning of March 15 in Philadelphia....
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Caelum Gallery’s ‘Ride the Tiger’ Gets a Cosign from Adam Driver
Once in a blue moon, a new exhibition produces an intoxicating cocktail of fresh perspectives, reverence for classical portraiture and the buzz of eager viewers in one fell swoop. Artists Colleen...
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Marina Abramović Wants People to Stop Destroying the Planet
When Marina Abramović traveled to Kyiv in September of last year, she didn’t know that her monument would be at the heart of the war. Her piece, Crystal Wall of Crying, set at the Babyn Yar Holocaust...
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Putin’s War on Intellectual Property Has Only Just Begun
Amid a flurry of global sanctions leveled against Russia, the country has retaliated with a new decree essentially legalizing patent and intellectual property theft. The move effectively grants...
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The Whitney Museum Lobby Catches Fire
Wires in the ground floor lobby of the Whitney Museum of American Art ignited on the evening of March 17 and caused a small fire, according to the New York fire department. Firefighters made it to the...
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The Must Sees at the 2022 Whitney Biennial
It’s tough to know what to prioritize when visiting the Whitney Museum, and the museum’s 80th biennial, “Quiet as It’s Kept,” is no exception. Many will make a point of visiting all of the works, but...
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The ‘Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It’s Kept’ Is Anything but Quiet
There are certain qualities and experiences you expect going into a Whitney Biennial. You expect to read long passages of puzzling descriptions on wall plaques, and to think (hard) while trying to...
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Exhibitions by Arab Artists in NYC on the Present and Future of Middle...
Can truth be anything other than sinuous? These three Arab artists draw from traditions of the Maghreb, and more recent turbulent history in Lebanon, to demonstrate that one can aspire to freedom and...
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Ilana Harris-Babou Lifts the Veil on Wellness Culture Through Her Studio...
Ilana Yacine Harris-Babou’s work challenges idealized notions of consumerism and wellness culture. The multimedia artist creates complicated, funny, absurd pieces that seek to further articulate and...
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Observer’s Venice Biennale 2022 Picks
If you’re lucky enough to be basking in the Italian sunshine while you anxiously await the beginning of the Venice Biennale, this list is for you. This year’s biennale is no easy feat to summarize,...
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This Week in Upcoming Art Fairs in NYC You Won’t Want to Miss
If you’re the type of person whose calendar is filled to the brim with fairs, exclusive events, and gallery showings, you’re probably really pumped for this coming week. New York City has art fair...
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Big Winners From Sotheby’s Modern Evening Auction Sale
Sotheby’s May 17 Modern Evening Auction sale had the art world glued to their phones last night as records were broken and favorite works found new homes. We rounded up the highlights from the sale,...
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Chinese Artist Sun Xun Turned His Hotel Quarantine into a Studio of Infinite...
When Observer virtually connected with Chinese artist Sun Xun, he had transformed an unfortunate situation into a proverbial opportunity. Sun Xun (b.1980) traveled from Beijing to Shanghai in March...
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